Senior Living - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Oct 2018
News

Pitching In for Female Leaders

Ebru Koksal (AMP 192, 2017) is a senior advisor with J. Stern & Co. in Istanbul, Turkey. She was the CEO of Galatasaray SK, the leading football club in Turkey for 15 years, and is the only woman to be elected to the executive board of... View Details

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

argues Timothy Butler, senior fellow and faculty advisor to Career and Professional Development Programs at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on career decision making. In this interview, Butler discusses his new book, The... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Case Study: A Place at the Table

created a nine-segment multimedia case from videotaped interviews to generate dialogue on topics ranging from women on boards to gender issues in the workplace. No discussion prompts were necessary at the W50 Summit, however: "We had people in the room who had View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

more important, Choudhury says, as people increasingly choose to live and work close to where they grew up, often foregoing economic opportunity to do so. “Vacation flexibility means being able to go to your manager and say this is when I... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Jun 2015
News

Exploring Global Business Practices

ever-widening audience that includes MBA students and Executive Education participants, as well as leaders in industry, government, and academia. The School also draws on the expertise of its 26,000 alumni living outside the United... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Notes from W50

presenters. (See www.alumni.hbs.edu/women50 for a full list of speakers, as well as photos and videos from the events.) Professor Robin Ely, senior associate dean for Culture and Community, unveiled the early results of her survey of some... View Details

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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Authentic Leader Development Course Number 2090 Baker Foundation Professor Robin Ely Senior Lecturer Monique Burns Thompson Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 26 Sessions Paper Purpose - Who Should Take this Course? The purpose... View Details

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

to ensure underrepresented minorities are able to get on and stay on the path to senior leadership, Tingle and Pierre-Jacques connected with friends who shared their passion for investing. Their group of six sat together in Tingle’s View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity

14 Mar 2018
Blog Post

The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks

graduation, Jevta worked as an interim executive director for a small education non-profit followed by joining L’oreal Canada. From Jevta’s senior year in college he knew that he wanted to pursue a master’s degree and stumbled across the... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Negative Ad Power

increase sales and shareholder value. Coke and Pepsi both want to increase the amount of carbonated soft drinks that we consume. If Pepsi and Coke go after each other in advertising, they will turn off consumers and reduce demand for both beverages. Both brands know... View Details

Keywords: John A. Quelch;Katherine E. Jocz; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2015
News

In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

It was a milestone to celebrate: Earlier this year, designations from FDA and European Union regulators moved researchers at the Boston-based startup Akouos, Inc., a step closer to producing the first-ever therapy for gene-mediated hearing loss. The product could... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

In the family of investment products, a U.S. savings bond might be cast as boring old Uncle Ned, snoozing away in the corner after dinner. There's nothing wrong with that—but HBS professor Peter Tufano envisions a more meaningful role for savings bonds in the financial... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way

"Pay our own way? No way." Not long ago, that was the mantra of many a proud nonprofit organization, living on the largesse of government grants and private donations. But with those income sources drying up, suddenly nonprofits... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

For years, money given to nonprofits has been thought of as charity, says Jed Emerson, the School's Bloomberg Senior Research Fellow in Philanthropy. But a new perspective is emerging: These dollars, while charitable, are still capital... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Dec 2015
News

Leading Boston and Beyond

have found their passion in municipal government. “You’d be hard pressed to find any position where you are a senior manager of a $3 billion organization that impacts people so directly,” says Koh. “There is no greater meaning in life... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

and—eventually—an Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship led by Bill Sahlman and Joe Lassiter. These products will also leverage the HBX online learning platform with the added potential for incorporating in-person classroom sessions. HBX View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Authentic Leadership

"This is really a human development course. We believe, to the extent that you are more authentic and more clear about what you're about, you'll be more likely to step up when there's an opportunity to lead, be more effective when you do so, and View Details